Gardner Dozois and I have just delivered our latest massive crossgenre anthology, DANGEROUS WOMEN (originally FEMMES FATALE), to our editors at Tor. This one is our biggest yet... yes, even more massive that WARRIORS (though still well short of the length my fantasy writers), with another all-star lineup of bestselling and award-winning contributors.

The table of contents will look like this:

INTRODUCTION, by Gardner DozoisSOME DESPERADO, by Joe AbercrombieMY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN, by Megan AbbottNORA’S SONG, by Cecelia HollandTHE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE, by Melinda SnodgrassBOMBSHELLS, by Jim ButcherRAISA STEPANOVA, by Carrie VaughnWRESTLING JESUS, by Joe R. LansdaleNEIGHBORS, by Megan LindholmI KNOW HOW TO PICK ‘EM, by Lawrence BlockSHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL, by Brandon SandersonA QUEEN IN EXILE, by Sharon Kay PenmanTHE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, by Lev GrossmanSECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY, by Nancy KressCITY LAZARUS, by Diana RowlandVIRGINS, by Diana GabaldonHELL HATH NO FURY, by Sherilynn KenyonPRONOUNCING DOOM, by S.M. StirlingNAME THE BEAST, by Sam SykesCARETAKERS, by Pat CadiganLIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, by Caroline SpectorTHE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, by George R.R. Martin

The Abercrombie is set against his RED COUNTRY backdrop, the Holland gives us Eleanor of Aquitaine, Jim Butcher returns us to Harry Dresden's world, Lev Grossman contributes a tale of life at Brakebills, Steve Stirling revisits his Emberverse, Diana Gabaldon's story features Jamie Fraser of OUTLANDER fame, the Spector is a Wild Cards story featuring Hoodoo Mama and the Amazing Bubbles, and mine own contribution... well, it's some of that fake history I have been writing lo these many months, the true (mostly) story of the origins of the Dance of the Dragons. The stand-alone stories, not part of any series, feature some amazing work as well. For those who like to lose themselves in long stories, the Brandon Sanderson story, the Diana Gabaldon story, the Caroline Spector story, and my "Princess and Queen" are novellas. Huge mothers.

This one took longer than we thought it would, mostly because of me (mea culpa), but Gardner and I think you'll find that it was worth the wait. Some terrific tales await you. No pubdate yet, of course... this bulletin is hot off the press... but as soon as we get word from Tor, you guys will be the first to know.

One of the heads of HBO said a year ago that HBO had looked at the Dunk and Egg stories and were interested in anything related to the series, but were not likely to do anything about them for a few years.

I took that to mean they might do something with the short stories further down the line, which could be anything from stand-alone movies to a spin-off TV series featuring Dunk and Egg in a new adventure every week (purely my supposition).

A question I've meant to ask you before George: does HBO actually have the rights to Dunk and Egg as well as the rest of ASoIaF, or would that have to be a separate deal?